Impeovement in cobsr-plafrebs



l. M. BLESSiNGh Corn Planter.

No. 77,351. l Patented April 2s, 1'868.

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JoHN M. vBLESSING., vor JE1+i-rieuseNVILLE,A OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 77,351-, dated April 28, 1868- IMPROVEMENT INCORN-PLANTBRS.

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T0 WHOM IT vMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BLEssING, of Jeiersonville,Fayette county,and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful'Impr'ovementinCorn-Rlanters; and doherebydeclare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being-had to lthe accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification. I

My invention relates to a certain improvement in the construction of theseed-delivery mechanism of a 'corne planter, whereby I 'diminish itsliability to clog or work unoertainly.

Figure' 1 is a vertical section of my seed-delivering apparatus in theline xx.

lFigure 2 is a horizontal section in thevline y y.

Figure 3 is a vertical section in the line z z.

The throat A, and hed or bottom plate B of the hopper are, in myimprovement, cast in two parts, held suitably distant by means of bossesC, andv secured to each other andto the frame D bymeans of screws orbolts AE. External lugs F, upon the throat A, are hollowedon their undersides, to receive rollers Gr G', and similar lugs H H', upon thebed-plate B, -aiordjournal-bearings to rollers I I', immediatelyunderneath the rollers G G. The lugs l-I H have openings 7i around andbeneath the rollers to permit the escape of' the chaif and dust. V

The upper and loxver set of rollers hold between them, aua'ut the sumetime permit free action of u reciproeating'feed-bar, J'. I l i The bar Jhas a customary seed-delivering orifice, j, surrounded on the under sideoffthe bar by a square boss,j, which, 'at each stroke of the bar, aotsto expel through the openings h whatever eha` or dust mayhaveaccumulated uponthe bed-plate. v

In order together thevgrainA to the discharge-openingfthe sides a a oi'the throat are converged concavely, as shown at a a. b is the customaryseed-aperture in the bed B.

I claim herein as new and of my invention- The arrangement. of areciprocating feed-bar, J, having the boss j, in combination with Atherollers I I G G', and openings h, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand.

JOHN M. BLESSING.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNrouT, JAMES H. LAYMAN.

